Motion-picture screen



WV. @@LYQSTERN MTION PCTURE SCREEN Filed Jun 17, 1.925

...L -smo WILLIAM GLDSTEIN, F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVM.

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Application filed .Tune 17,1925. Serial No. 37,615.

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The leading object of the present invention is to provide novel apparatus for the screen or curtain oi a conventional motion picture theatre screen, which novel appal@ 'ratus is provided with one or more partly transparent, semi-transparent or other screens or curtains to be used in parallelism in the same plane with the conventional screen or curtain or which may be used at an inclina- 315 tion to each other or to the conventional screen.

A further object oi the present invention is to provide a novel construction, arrangement and combination of parts whereby' when placed in the association recited in the above principal object will pro-vide t'or a more eiiicient showing of the picture projected.

Other and further-objects not-at this tlme more particularly recited will be heremafter more specifically referred to.

The invention consists of the novel constructions hereinafter described and nally claimed.

The nature, characteristic features and scope of the invention will be more fully understood from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, and in which:

Fig. l, is a diagrammatic view illustrating the stage of a motion picture theatre equipped with a conventional screen or curtain and having positioned tl'lerebefore screens or curtains embodying the present invention.

Fig. 2, is a Aview in section taken upon the vline 2--2 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 3, is a view in section taken upon the line 3-3 of Fig 2. Y .l

Fig. 4, is a detached view in central section of one type of screen Vembodying the present invention. n l v j Fig. 5, is a similar view of an alternative iormof'screen. l v

Fig. 6, is a similar view illustrating a further form o-screen. f

Fig.v 7, is a similar view of a still further form of screen. i

Fig. 8, is a similar view of still another form of screen.

Fig. 9, is a cface view of Fig. 4. v

Fig. l0, is a tace view ci a slightly modiiied form of that-shown in Fig.. 4. f

Fig. l1, is a view in longitudinal section of a plurality of screens embodying the present invention arranged at an inclination to dthe conventional motion picture screen; an

l? ig. l2, is a fragmentary view in longitudinal section illustrating screens embodying the present invention shown at an inclination to each other as well as at an inclination to a conventional motion picture screen.

For the purpose of illustrating my invention l have shown in the accompanying drawings several forms thereof which are at present preferred by me, since the same have been found in practice to give satisfactory and reliable results, although it is to be understood that the various instrumentalities oi which my invention consists can be variously arranged and organized and that my invention is not limited to the precise arrangement and organization of the instrumentalities as herein shown and described.

Referring to the drawings in detail and l with especial reference to Fig. 1, the reference numeral l designates the stage of a motion picture theatre. rlhe dashed lines 2 designate a conventional solid or opaque motion picture screen or curtain and reference numerals 3, 4, and 5 designate a selected group of auxiliary screens as embodied. by the present invention. The numeral 6 designates a motion picture projection device and the dashed lines 7 designate the light rays of the image as projected from said apparatus 6 to the conventional screen 2 through auxiliary screens 3, 4,'aud 5. As present practiced images as projected from a motion picture projecting machine are displayed upon a conventional screen 2 which is of an opaque or solidstructure and' the projection thrown upon said screen is of but two dimensions, to wit: height or length and breadth-.1 Accord ing to the present invention, pictures projected from an apparatus as 6 have in addition to the dimensions height orlength and breadth, thickness or depth, or in other words from two dimensions. I accomplish this result by placing before a conventional screen 2 one or more auxiliary screens which may be partly transparent or semi-transparent los have three dimensions in contradistinction j and preferably are of the same size as the screen 2 and arranged in the same vertical d transparent material.

plane therewith, although I may if desired arrange auxiliary screens both at an inclination to each other and at an inclinaT tion to the conventional screen 2. These auxiliary screens or curtains may be made of various materials. As shown in Fig. 4 the screen 8 which is carried by atrame 9 movahly inserted in a housing or casing 10 is .comprised of suitable material made up ot ivefts or Warps. 'llhis material may be mosquito netting, gauze, marquisette, or equivalent material. The threads making up the wefts and wai-ps may be cotton, silk or wool or other vegetable, mineral or nietallic threads and the threads may be treated with an appropriate chemical or otherwise treated to absorb or reflect rays ot' light. The neigt-s and vvarps may he vertically and horizontally arranged with respect to frame 9 or may be arranged at an angle thereto as circumstances may dictate. As shown in Fig. 5 instead ot the wetts and wai-ps aforesaid, the same may be supplemented by a partly transparent glass panel 11, or if experience dictates, several partly transparent panels of glass. Referring now to Fig. '6, panels of glass 12 and 13 may be spaced apart Within traine 9 and between the panels of glass may be introduced Water or other liquid 14. The water or liquids may be colored as practice may dictate.. Referring to Fig. 7, spaced panels of glass 15 and 16 are provided between which may be introduced a material 17 of any suitable solid or semi- In Fig. 8 I have disclosed glass panels 18, 19, and 2O and between panels 18 and 19 and between panels 19 and 20 I have introduced a liquid material 21. Fig. 9 illustrates the gauze effect shown in Fig. 4 but arranged at an angle to the frame; and in Fig. 10 I have illustrated in lieu of gauze 8 a plurality of vertically disposed parallel threads 22 closely positionedvwith respect to one another. As shown in Fig. 2 the frames 9 are arranged in parallelisni with conventional screen 2 but in Fig. 11 the frames 9 are arranged at an inclination to screen 2 but the frames 9 are arranged in parallelism with one another. In Fig. 12 the frames 9 are not only arranged at an inclination to conventional screen 2 but are arranged at an inclination to one another. In practice the various frames 9 are preferably removably positioned Within a casing 10 so that any one or more frames 9 may be removed as practice may dictate. The cas ing 10 is provided with a closed bottom and closed sides and top so that rays of light may thus pass from end to end of the casing through the various screens above referred to, any number of which may be employed as practice dictates.

With lthe motion picture projection machine 6 in operation, rays of light or the image projected is relayed to the partly transparent or semistransparent screens or curtains as above described before the saine reach the conventional solid or opaque curtain 2. Thus the rays of light are in accordance with the particular screen arranged rality o't' screens of the character .seen in Figs. 4 to 12, and the sci-ics ot one or mori` screens or curtains may he placed either close together or far apart. with respect to each other, and may be positioned at any desired point in front oit' the conventional or opaque solid screen or curtain 2, which latter may be of any solid or opaque inaterial or substance, and it will be apparent that the rear solid or opaque screen 2, and the front removable or adjustable semitransparent curtains of the character seen in Figs. 4 to 12 may or may not have their Yfour edges or sides or outer periphery surrounded by any dark or black material to contine the light to the solid curtain 2 and the semitransparent screens or curtains the character seen in Figs. 4 to 12.

The screen frames 9, may be provided with handles 23 to facilitate their Withdrawal from the casing 10, and it Will be obvious that said frames may be Withdrawn from said casing either horizontally or vertically, said frames being slidable in guide grooves or Ways of any suitable character, which it is unnecessary to describe in detail.

My novel device can be readily installed in proximity to any of the standard or conven tional opaque screens 2, by any suitable means Without necessitating the employment of skilled labor, and it will be understood that the screens 3, 4 and 5 seen diagramn matically in Fig. 1 may be taken as any one of the screens, seen in Figs. 4 to 12.

It will 'further be apparent that the i rames 9 seen in Figs. 2 and 3 may he taken as the frames of any one of the modifications seen in Figs. 4 to 10 and that it desired the frames 9 portrayed in said Fig. 2 may all of them carry the partly transparent or semi-transparent curtain members seen in any one of Figs. 4 to 10. For example in F ig. 2 I have shown four frames 9 as being employed and said four frames may if desired carry any I one of the partly transparent or semi-transparent curtains or media seen in any one of the Figs. 4 to 10 or I may if desired combine a plurality of the semi-transparent media seen in any one of said Figs. 4 to 10, and in practical use of my invention I do not desire to be limited to any particular form Leanser or species of the partly transparent or semitransparent media seen in any of said Figs. 4 to 10.

iin the construction seen in Figs. 2 and l1, it Will be understood that the right hand screen 0r curtain 2 is the conventional opaque rear screen or curtain, commonly employed and positioned as also seen in Fig. 1 and that l may if desired as seen in Fig. Z collocate in a single casing, said opaque rear screen 2, and arrange in the front thereof, a single screen or a plurality of partly transparent or semi-transparent screens of the character already described with respect to Figs. i to l0, any one or more of the frames i) carrying said screens being removable according to re quirements.

it will be understood that the casingr l0 is covered With suitable opaque material as in` dicated at 2a in Figs. 2, 3, l0 and 1l. i

it will now be apparent that i have devised a novel and useful motion picture screen ,which embodies the features of advantageenunerated as desirable inthe stateinent oi:v the' invention and the above descrip* tion,iand *While libraire, in the present in stance, shown and describeda preferred ernbodiinent thereof which Wili give in practicesatisfactory and lreliable resuits, it is to be understood that such-'embodiment is suscepp tible of modification in various particulars Without departing from the spirit. Vor scope of the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages. v

Having thus described my invention, what i claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

the dirnension of thickness in addition to the dimensions of height and breadth.

2. in a device of the character stated, a. rear opaque screen. a casing for said rear opa-que. screen. and a. semi-transparent screen siidably mounted in said casing, and a plurality oi guiding ineans in said casing for positioning said latter screen at any desired distance and at a desired angle in front of said opaque screen.

3. in a device of the character stated, a casing', a rear stationary opaque screen supported thereupon, a plurality oi semi-transparent screens, frames to which said latter screens are secured, and transverse guide grooves: out of vertical alignment in said cas- 'ing `for supportingeand guiding said trames,

SQ that the latteljmay stand at van angle to said opaque screen.. 

